Κιλικία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κῐ́λῐξ (Kílix) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒄭𒋃𒆪 (Ḫilakku, Ḫilikku). Also Hittite 𒂍𒄭𒆷 (^Éhi-la-) (courtyard, referring to the Cilician Plain ringed by mountains) and Hittite 𒂍𒄭𒆷𒄠𒈥 (^Éhi-la-am-mar) (gate, referring to the Cilician Gates).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.li.kí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.liˈki.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/

Proper noun

Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ • (Kilikíā) f (genitive Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

Cilicia, a region in Asia Minor

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ hē Kilikíā
Genitive	τῆς Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς tês Kilikíās
Dative	τῇ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾳ têi Kilikíāi
Accusative	τὴν Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kilikíān
Vocative	Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ Kilikíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Κῐλῐκῐαρχία (Kilikiarkhía)
Κῐλῐκῐ́ζω (Kilikízō)
Κῐλῐκῐ́ζομαι (Kilikízomai)
Κῐλῐ́κῐον (Kilíkion)

Related terms

Κῐ́λισσᾰ (Kílissa)

Descendants

Greek: Κιλικία (Kilikía)
Latin: Cilicia
Russian: Килики́я (Kilikíja)
Turkish: Kilikya

References

“Κιλικία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hittite Lexicon
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G2791 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

Greek

Κιλικία

Proper noun

Κιλικία • (Kilikía) f (plural Kilikía)

Cilicia (an area in Asia Minor)

Declension

Κιλικία

case \\ number	singular
nominative	Κιλικία •
genitive	Κιλικίας •
accusative	Κιλικία •
vocative	Κιλικία •